India Globalization Capital, Inc., a company developing infrastructure in India, announced today that its subsidiary, Sricon Infrastructure Private Limited (Sricon), was awarded a $16.5 million surface mining contract by Ultratech Cement Company (Ultratech) for the extraction, transportation, and delivery of limestone to Ultratech’s Gujarat Cement Works plant in the city of Amreli in Gujarat, India. [...]

Homeland Energy Group Ltd. is pleased to announce first coal production from its Kendal Mine in the Witbank area of South Africa, approximately 50km east of Johannesburg. To date, approximately 8,000 tonnes of coal has been mined from the first of three open pit areas. Processing of the coal through the Company’s Parnaby wash plant [...]

Miners were in the spotlight today, as platinum prices climbed 11% in early trading to a record high, before later giving back some of their gains.
Dealers said the platinum market was small compared with gold and silver, and was very illiquid, leading to volatile price movements.
Part of the rise today was due to increasing demand [...]

BP Solar unveiled plans yesterday for a $70 million expansion of its manufacturing plant off Interstate 70, which will give it twice the capacity to produce solar panels and create 70 new jobs.
When completed, it will be the largest integrated solar manufacturing plant in North America, the company said.
Construction at the facility, which serves [...]

Mines and Geology is one of the many portfolios that Karnataka Chief Minister H D Kumaraswamy is in charge of. As he battles bribery allegations over illegal iron ore mining in Bellary, there’s another form of mining that’s flourishing illegally in the state.
Sand mining has resulted in ecological degradation and despite several checks it continues [...]

Convergys Corp., a provider of outsourced business services, said Thursday it boosted its human resources business process outsourcing business in the Asia Pacific region with the addition and expansion of several centers.
The company either opened new centers or expanded existing ones in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia; Bangalore, India; Dalian, China; and Singapore. The facilities add to [...]